Window safety guard

ABSTRACT

FOR USE ADJACENT TO AND PARALLEL WITH THE VERTICAL MEMBERS OF A BUILT-IN AWNING-TYPE WINDOW STRUCTURE, A PAIR OF SAFETY-PROMOTING ACCIDENT MINIMIZING PEDESTRIAN WALL SUPPORTED WARNING GUARDS. THESE GUARDS LEND THEMSELVES TO INJURY PREVENTING USE WHEN PROPERLY PAIRED AND MOUNTED. THEY PROJECT BEYOND THE WALL AND PARTIALLY BRIDGE THE PATH OF APPROACH WHEN THE WINDOWS ARE OPEN. THEY ARE YIELDINGLY MOUNTED AND WARN PASSERS-BY AND   MINIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD OF COLLIDING WITH DANGEROUSLY PROJECTING WINDOWS.

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B mam? United States Patent 3,566,538 WINDOW SAFETY GUARD Joseph S.McCallum, Venice, Fla. (1736 Southpointe Drive, Sarasota, Fla. 33581)Filed Apr. 25, 1969, Ser. No. 819,277 Int. Cl. E06b 9/00 US. CI. 49-50 6Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE For use adjacent to and parallel withthe vertical members of a built-in awning-type window structure, a pairof safety-promoting accident minimizing pedestrian wall supportedwarning guards. These guards lend themselves to injury preventing usewhen properly paired and mounted. They project 'beyond the wall andpartially bridge the path of approach when the windows are open. Theyare yieldingly mounted and warn passers-by and minimize the likelihoodof colliding with dangerously projecting windows.

The present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements insafety-type and protective guards which are expressly and uniquelydesigned and adapted for pedestrian warning use when called upon to walkalongside and close to awning-type and jalousie-type windows such as arecommonly in use on building walls and, more particularly, on the wallsof mobile homes.

More specifically, the concept herein comprehended has to do withsimple, practical and safety promoting guard means which functions towarn an unwary passer-by or walking pedestrian of potential danger thatcould be unexpectedly encountered if he (or she) were to Walk headlonginto awning-type or jalousie-type windows precariously projecting from avertical side wall of a mobile home.

Virtually all mobile homes are equipped with outwardly swingableawning-type windows. When such windows are open they can becomehazardous obstructions and dangerous for the reason that they project ata level anywhere from 4 to 6 feet above a pedestrians walkway level. Itis not at all unusual for persons who walk alongside of a parked mobilehome side wall to accidentally bump into dangerously projecting windows.The object of the disclosed invention is to cope with and solve theproblem thus posed.

Briefly, the over-all concept has to do with a stationary vertical wallsuch as is embodied, for example here, in a mobile home, and whereinsaid wall has a built-in window frame provided with a plurality ofcompanion hingedly mounted inwardly and outwardly swingable owningtypewindows which when swung outwardly to open positions project unsafelybeyond the outer surface of the vertical wall and accordingly constitutepotentially dangerous obstructions. Novelty is predicated on outstandingguard means which is exteriorly operatively mounted on the verticalmobile home wall and wherein the component parts thereof normally andproperly project into a pathway which is traversed by passers-by. Thesecompo nent parts serve to warn passers-by in advance of reaching thelocale of the projecting windows and, of potential danger in so doing,serve to minimize the likelihood of injury in a self-evident manner.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

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FIG. 1 is a view in perspective showing a fragmentary portion of avertical stationary side Wall of a parked mobile home and showing a pairof warning guards and how they are constructed, mounted and associatedwith each other and the intervening outstanding windows.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view taken approximately on theplane of the vertical section line 2-2 of FIG. 1, looking in thedirection of the indicating arrows.

By way of introduction to the description of the views herein disclosed,it may Well be pointed out that side wall windows of the typeillustrated in FIG. 1 are, of course, utilized in residential homes andoflice buildings and elsewhere and might, under the circumstances,constitute equally significant and dangerous hazards to anyone walkingparallel to the wall and in a position to accidentally walk into theprojecting windows. However, and for simplification, the presentinvention pertains to a windowequipped wall of the aforementioned mobilehome.

The vertical relatively stationary side wall in FIG. 1 is denoted by thenumeral 4 and is provided with a builtin window structure characterizedby a bordering frame 6 and having vertical side frame members 8. Thereis also frame means 10 operatively supporting the awning-type orjalousie-type windows 12. These windows, as usual, are hingedly mountedon projecting and retracting links 14 and lugs or the like 16 on thewindows are pivotally connected to the operating links. The lugs aredenoted at 16. It will be evident that the wall and window structure sofar described is old and well known.

The guard means is located to the left and right respectively of thewindow structure 6 as illustrated in FIG. 1. Each means is the same anda description of one will suffice for both. Each guard is characterizedby a longitudinally bowed or substantially semi-circular rod 18 ofrequisite length and cross-sectional gauge. The unmeral 20 designates anupper adapter bracket and the numeral 22 a correspondingly constructedand mounted lower adapter bracket. Each adapter bracket is of thespecific construction shown in FIG. 2 and comprises a substantiallyrectangular cleat or plate having an upper end portion 24 provided witha bolt-hole 26 and a lower end portion 28 likewise provided with abolt-hole 30. These bolt-holes serve to accommodate screw-threadedheaded fasteners. Each fastener comprises a screw-threaded shank or stem32 passing through the hole provided therefor and having a clamping head34 provided with a screwdriver kerf. That portion of the plate betweenthe holes 26 and 30, that is the central portion, is provided with athird hole which is slightly larger and is denoted in FIG. 2 by thenumeral 36. This portion of the cleat serves to accommodate a suitablyenlarged anchoring coil or convolution 38 at the attachable end of abendably yieldable coil spring 40. Thus one end portion 42 of the springis attachable to the plate or cleat. The other end portion 44 is freeand is so constructed that it serves to telescopingly receive and retaina cooperating terminal end portion 46 of the guard rod. It follows thatby placing these appropriately sized rods to the left and right of thevertical frame members 8 of the window frame structure, and locating thebrackets 20 and 22 at the approximate positions shown in FIG. 1 the wallis thus adapted to achieve the accident minimizing and safeguardingfunction desired.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling Within the scope of the invention.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. In combination, a stationary vertical wall embodied, for example, ina mobile home, said wall having a builtin window frame provided with aplurality of hingedly mounted inwardly and outwardly swingableawning-type windows which when swung outwardly to open positions mayproject unsafely beyond the outer surface of said vertical wall andconstitute potentially dangerous obstructions, guard means operativelymounted on said vertical wall adjacent the respective vertical membersof said frame and designed and adapted to project into the path ofapproach of said windows when said windows are open and serving tominimize the likelihood of injury to unwary passers-by traversing saidpath of approach, said guard means comprising a pair of individualfender-type warning guards vertically supported on said wall andbridging said path, said guards being rigid and aligned with each other,spaced from and parallel with each other and the respectively adjacentvertical members of said frame, each guard comprising a longitudinallybowed rod member having upper and lower terminal ends, and bracket meansoperatively mounting said upper and lower ends on said vertical wall.

2. The combination defined in and according to claim 1, said bracketmeans comprising pairs of individual upper and lower adapter bracketscooperatively paired and aligned with each other and fastened andanchored at vertically spaced points on said vertical wall, and thrustand pressure responsive coil springs anchored on the respective bracketsand having free outer ends with which the respectively adjacent upperand lower ends of said rods are operatively connected.

3. The combination defined in and according to claim 1, and wherein saidrod is substantially semi-circular in side elevation, and also whereinsaid bracket means comprises a lower adapter bracket detachably mountedon a predetermined relatively low wall surface and a complemental upperadapter bracket like said lower bracket and likewise detachably mountedon a predetermined wall surface vertically above and aligned with thelower bracket, and yieldable pressure responsive coil springs havinglike inward ends anchored on the respectively cooperable upper and lowerbrackets and free outward ends with which the respectively adjacentupper and lower ends of said rods are telescopingly operativelyconnected.

4. Safety-promoting accident minimizing pedestrian warning guardsadapted to be mounted on a vertical wall of a mobile home alongside of avertical member of a 50 built-in awning-type window structure, eachguard comprising a substantially semi-circular rod of requisite lengthand curvature and cross-sectional gauge, upper and lower adapterbrackets adapted to be operatively mounted on said wall, and meansyieldingly connecting corresponding upper and lower ends of said rod tothe respectively cooperable brackets, each bracket comprising acleat-type plate provided at its respective ends with upper and lowerboltholes and having a third hole at a central portion midway betweensaid bolt-holes, and wherein said yieldable connecting means compriseselongated coil springs, each spring having an inward end joined to itscomplemental plate through the medium of the coacting third hole andhaving an outward free end with which an adjacent end of said rod istelescopingly connected.

5. A safety promoting accident minimizing pedestrian warning guardadapted to be mounted on a vertical exterior wall of a mobile home anddesigned and adapted to assume an in-use position alongside a verticalmember of a built-in awning type window structure, said guard comprisinga longitudinally bowed rod which is semicircular in side elevation andof a requisite length and curvature to cooperatively associate itselfwith the aforementioned vertical member, upper and lower adapterbrackets adapted to be operatively mounted on said vertical wall, eachbracket comprising a plate having means for securing the plate fiatwiseon a predetermined coacting surface of said vertical wall, said platehaving a central portion provided with a hole, a pair of elongated coilsprings, each spring having an inward end cooperatively joined to acoacting hole in said plate and having an outward free end with which anadjacent terminal end of said rod is telescopingly and retentivelyconnected.

6. The safety promoting accident warning guard defined in and accordingto claim 5, and wherein a terminal coil at the inner end of said springis aligned with and retentively lodged in said hole, said coil springsfunctioning to yieldingly connect corresponding upper and lower ends ofsaid rod to the respectively cooperable brackets.

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